Niqkita's Sock Journal

Foot Traffic’s Lace Topped Rag Socks…
These are sort of a sleeper of a sock, one I secretly adore, then wonder why the rest of the world doesn’t love them as much as I do. They are topped with the kind of lace that isn’t so frilly it can’t go through a normal wash load with the rest of my clothes. Thick enough to be a slipper sock for around the house or add that extra bit of padding in looser shoes, they make a perfect boot sock too. They may be one of our thickest short socks (the New Zealand Bedsocks are perhaps a tad thicker), but I still enjoy wearing them even on warmer days because they breathe well, I even managed to stretch the toe out a little to wear comfortably with my flip flops yesterday.
I only have a pair of the pretty rose tinged oatmeal, but am sure to have one of each before long. Because, you know, you can never have too many socks!

in observance of International Faerie Day
your orders have been put together by real sock faeries.
Enjoy!!!

A few days ago I got a call from our sister sock company, Sock It To Me, inviting me to see their new arrivals and be among the first to get some. I was honored, got myself over there as soon as I could and picked out nearly two dozen styles, all of which are available in our store. Thursdays are when we usually take pictures of new styles and this week I picked the five I liked best, with a little help from my friends here at work, to shoot first for the site. (more…)

I love how the new banner turned out, shortly after I shot this some nice men came along and set it up high above our booth in the front so it is now more visible. We brought more rainbow socks than anything else this year having sold almost nothing but rainbows in past years, and sure enough, we sold out of several styles, good thing I can restock on my way across the river Sunday morning.
One of the things I enjoyed the most were all the proud dogs!

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This will be our third year sponsoring Pride, this time we get a booth right by the river (w1). I’ll bring plenty of sunscreen and am hoping the chances for rain diminish by Saturday because I want to show off my socks and keep my toes dry at the same time. I’ll be wearing my fit flops because last year I heard over & over: “Oh, I like socks, but in summer I prefer to wear flip flops…” and if you have ever tried to wear your thongs, slip slops or what-have-you in the rain you know what I’m saying.
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As professional sock dreamers we get a lot of special requests and a fair amount of people write us with brilliant sock ideas they’d like to see come true.
Many months ago I got such a letter from a nice young man named Ken who showed me what I thought was a pretty smart idea with a back to school theme. I asked him to let me know when they were in production and ready to order…
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